svær
Danish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse svǫrðr m, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål svor, Swedish svål, English sward. The Danish form has the vowel of the plural (sverðir).
Noun
editsvær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Danish swar, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs). The vowel of the modern Danish form is probably due to German influence. Doublet of svar.
Adjective
editsvær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)
Inflection
editInflection of svær | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | svær | sværere | sværest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | svært | sværere | sværest2 |
Plural | svære | sværere | sværest2 |
Definite attributive1 | svære | sværere | sværeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editPerhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)
Adjective
editsvær (masculine and feminine svær, neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære)
- heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPerhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsvær (neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære, comparative sværare, indefinite superlative sværast, definite superlative sværaste)
- big, massive; huge
- Dyret var svært.
- The animal was massive.
- unusual
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
- This took unusually long.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “svær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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